Mar. 16, 1960The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is formed in New York to represent New York City public school teachers and, later, other education workers in the city.~ Union Communication Services

Feb. 13, 2018| WAGES | Fast food and other low-paid workers across the country, with a focus on the South, are staging walkouts and demonstrations on Monday to call attention to the fight for a minimum wage of $15 per hour and the right to unionize. Together with the Poor People's Campaign, the national group Fight for $15 is staging rallies in cities including Detroit, Los Angeles, and Memphis—the site of the historic sanitation workers' march exactly 50 years ago…According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the current minimum wage of $7.25 per hour leaves workers unable to afford a two-bedroom rental apartment in any U.S. state…. Common Dreams